Mobile phone recycling may provide answer to cash crisis

Mobile phone users could recycle their old devices to raise cash to pay for using their current handset abroad this summer.

According to the Daily Mail, charges for calling, texting and browsing the internet while overseas is one of the top ten cash traps of this time of year.

Firstly, it is always worth checking exactly what an operator will charge for using particular features of a device.

But one way to overcome any fees that build up is by selling old handsets to Mazuma, with each worth a cash sum.

Consumers could join Three, the network that has decided to halve its data roaming tariff for users in Europe this summer.

This will enable those with the company to check and send emails, browse the web and play games online in the knowledge the bill on their return will not be quite as much as those faced by other users.